THE CROSSWORDS

CRYPTIC CLUES ACROSS

1 Not before time (5)

4 Angela’s cooked an Italian dish (7)

8 It’s sticky stuff to chew (3)

9 Chided for having a bun perhaps (9)

10 I’d sent a replacement as a substitute (7)

11 Be successful with a superior suit (5)

13 How the issue is expected to develop (4,2)

15 Suitable voice for a trio? (6)

18 She will briefly appear in a case (5)

19 Fix the score to suit the players (7)

21 Hardly the type to make a good lookout (9)

23 Hard stuff that makes slippers (3)

24 Before that goes around, or at that point (7)

25 On the one hand, quite justified (5)

DOWN

1 The protracted use of lines? (7)

2 To a doctor something precious may be his last tablet (9)

3 Trick includes nothing to cause provocation (5)

4 I’d boil uncontrollably with desire (6)

5 Course for beginners (7)

6 Deity to follow in retreat (3)

7 Finally make a profit? (3,2)

12 Stiff - but relaxing (9)

14 Liberate one soul in torment (7)

16 Basic substance used in heating (7)

17 Obvious protection for inventive types (6)

18 Rapid writer (5)

20 Reversible revolver (5)

22 Stand a drink, we hear (3)

QUICK CLUES ACROSS

1 Full of life (5)

4 Pillage (7)

8 Turncoat (3)

9 Opportune (4-5)

10 By mistake (2,5)

11 Soiled (5)

13 Company of performers (6)

15 Impassive (6)

18 Chock (5)

19 Evident (7)

21 A court game (9)

23 Light meal (3)

24 Mischievousness (7)

25 Of the moon (5)

DOWN

1 Judgment (7)

2 On the credit side (2,3,4)

3 Inferior (5)

4 Worthless (6)

5 Nervously tense (7)

6 Faint (3)

7 Healthily red (5)

12 Obtained dishonestly (3-6)

14 Accurate (7)

16 Be without hope (7)

17 Stout (6)

18 A unit of magnetic flux (5)

20 Open to bribery (5)

22 Follow closely (3)